A columnist challenges false crime claims made by Trump and Vance regarding North Carolina (likely Governor Roy Cooper), invoking wartime journalism history to emphasize how truth becomes a casualty in political rhetoric. The piece critiques political figures for spreading misinformation.
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As a journalism student during the Vietnam War era, I was assigned to read a history called The First Casualty by Phillip Knightly. The title is drawn from the maxim that when war breaks out, truth is immediately killed by propaganda. Truth is the “first casualty.” The subject turned out to be relevant in my […] The post Opinion: Trump, Vance repeat false crime claims about Cooper appeared first o